Playa

A playa; also known as an alkali flat, sabkha, or salt flat; is a dry lakebed, generally the shore of, or a remnant of, an endorheic lake. Such flats consist of fine-grained sediments infused with alkali salts. Their surface is generally very dry, hard and smooth in the summer months, but wet and very soft in the winter months. Playas are small, round depressions in the surface of the ground. A playa lake is formed when rain fills this hole with water, creating a small lake. Playas can also form when the water table intersects the surface and water seeps into them.
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n. beach, seaside, shore

(n.)
A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation.
  

A dry lake basin found in a desert.

= beach, seashore.
Ex: After the conference, a tour has been arranged for the attendants to see the country's famous beaches.
Ex: Examines the theme of dancing nudes by the seashore in watercolors and oil paintings by John Marin.
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* bar junto a la playa = beachside bar.
* cabeza de playa = beachhead.
* casa de la playa = beach house.
* club de playa = beach club.
* en la playa = on the seafront.
* frente a la playa = beachfront.
* junto a la playa = beachside.
* madera encontrada en la playa = driftwood.
* persona que busca y vive de lo que encuentra en las playas = beachcomber.
* zona junto a la playa = beachfront.